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Stuart G

(38,726 posts) Tue Jul 4, 2023, 12:17 PM Jul 2023

Is your air crappy now?....Hit the link below:.(please,.give the site time to load) by: federal gov.

from Environmental Protection Agency... (EPA) brought to us by our taxes!

https://tools.airfire.org/monitoring/v4#!/?category=PM2.5_nowcast¢erlat=43.2612¢erlon=-94.043&zoom=4&monitors=550590019_01

You did not know that the federal government provided this information for us...Did you?
Even in Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, and parts of Mexico too ...hit the link above and see it all. I think the government updates
this map every hour...not sure... ....but, you got to have a computer to get this one:

Please give the federal government a recommendation for providing this to all of us.

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Is your air crappy now?....Hit the link below:.(please,.give the site time to load) by: federal gov. (Original Post) Stuart G Jul 2023 OP

It's not bad now; was terrible for awhile. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #1

Same here Bayard Jul 2023 #2

Today Hopkinsville KY and Clarksville TN look good yellowdogintexas Jul 2023 #4

We're not that far west Bayard Jul 2023 #6

DFW and essentially all of Texas is popping up green. yellowdogintexas Jul 2023 #3

Ok Now ProfessorGAC Jul 2023 #5

Ocelot II

(131,231 posts)

1. It's not bad now; was terrible for awhile.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Tue Jul 4, 2023, 12:20 PM

Jul 2023

But we just got a whole lot of rain, which cleared it up for now. And we really needed the rain.

Bayard

(30,275 posts)

2. Same here

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 4, 2023, 12:36 PM

Jul 2023

But we could have done without the high winds and hail, tornado warnings. We lost trees.

The sky was hazy for awhile, even in southern KY.

yellowdogintexas

(23,763 posts)

4. Today Hopkinsville KY and Clarksville TN look good

Reply to Bayard (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 4, 2023, 12:50 PM

Jul 2023

when did you have the bad storm, and are you that far West?

Bayard

(30,275 posts)

6. We're not that far west

Reply to yellowdogintexas (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 5, 2023, 02:03 PM

Jul 2023

A little over an hour from Nashville.

Today is miserable. 90+ degrees, 90% humidity.

yellowdogintexas

(23,763 posts)

3. DFW and essentially all of Texas is popping up green.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Tue Jul 4, 2023, 12:47 PM

Jul 2023

We can have unpleasant air quality without fires, though. Pollen, traffic, industrial etc.
8 million people generate a lot of yuck

ProfessorGAC

(77,277 posts)

5. Ok Now

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Tue Jul 4, 2023, 01:10 PM

Jul 2023

Last week we had an AQI of over 250 for 2 days, over 200 for 4.
Down in the high 30s now.

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